rhyming words at the end of lines
There was a young lady whose chin,
Resembled the point of a pin
What is END RHYME?
100
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What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
100
A comparison between two unlike things; something is described as though it were something else.
What is METAPHOR?
100
The rain is falling all around
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
- Robert L. Stevenson
What is REPETITION or END RHYME?
100
Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch...
What is SENSORY IMAGERY?
200
A line or group of lines in a poem.
What is STANZA?
200
Poetry is like some sugar crazed teenager
What is SIMILE?
200
Words that sound like the objects they name.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
200
The wind yells as it blows.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.
What is METAPHOR?
300
When rhyme occurs within the line.
What is INTERNAL LINE?
300
The Dubai Mall is a rat race.
What is METAPHOR?
300
Is a regular pattern or rhyme, one that is consistent throughout the extent of the poem.
What is RHYME SCHEME?
300
a type of poem that has no Rhyme Scheme; written without proper rules about form, rhyme
What is FREE VERSE?
300
is the manner in which a poet makes his / her statement; it reflects his / her attitude toward his subject
What is TONE?
400
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words, eg.. peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is ALLITERATION?
400
Hunger is the only thing singing in my belly.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
a repetitive sound, a pattern that is the basis for rhyme in poetry
What is REPETITION?
400
Finish this statement by making it a simile.......
A good shwarma is .........
What is SIMILE -
A good shwarma is like a
Answers vary
400
There once was a fellow named Tim,
whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell off a dock,
and sunk like a rock.
And that was the end of him.
What is LIMERICK? PATTERN AABBA
500
a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is SIMILE?
500
I told you a million times to bring your homework with you.
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
NOT LITERAL LANGUAGE!
The use, more than once, of a language element comparing it to something else: types include, metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, alliteration...
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
500
My computer dislikes me
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
HOW DO YOU SPELL that literary device__________, definition: "words that imitate the sound"